AMT Public

Welcome to AMT’s Policy Resources library – bringing you updates on policy and strategy developments affecting market towns as well as papers and reports that could help your own planning processes.

Localism

• AMT’s Guide to the Localism Bill

• Preparing Community Led Neighbourhood Development Plans {opens pdf}

• Introduction to Neighbourhood Planning {opens pdf}

• Making the most of Community Led Planning: a best practice guide for local authorities

• Community Led Planning resources (Members only)

Town Centres and Prosperous Places

• 21st Century Town Centres Report – practical steps to help town centres to survive and thrive

• AMT’s Town Centre Comeback report – FREE for AMT members,£25 for non members

• AMT response for government-commissioned Mary Portas review of the high street {opens pdf}

• AMT’s Prosperous Places Position Statement {opens pdf}

• Local Loyalty Guide – FREE for AMT members and £25 for non-members

• Retail and the High Street {opens pdf} – Presentation to NABMA (the National Association of British Market Authorities) Local Councils Seminar, Friday 1 July, Stratford-Upon-Avon

• Rejuvenating market towns speech {opens Word doc}

• ‘Understanding and Supporting the Resilience of Market Towns‘ {opens pdf}

• Prosperous Places resources (Members only)

Market Towns Review

• Download editions of the Market Towns Review featuring Action for Market Towns Award winners (Members only)

Small towns – then, now and in the future

• A typology of small English towns (Members only)

• A market town renaissance: the next 10 years (Members only)

• The coalition government – key policies affecting market towns

• A typology of small English Towns (Members only) – Find out where your town lies

• Traditional markets survey (Members only) – Information from the 2009 CLG Select Committee

Affordable Housing

• AMT’s overview of Affordable Housing

• AMT’s Affordable Housing Policy Position Statement {opens pdf}

• AMT’s Policy into Practice Paper for Affordable Housing {opens pdf} and its Appendices {opens pdf}

• AMT’s Affordable Housing Case Studies (Members only)

Environment

• AMT’s overview of the Environment and market towns policy

Rural Services

• AMT’s overview of Rural Services

• The Rural Coalition - Find out about the Rural Coalition and AMT’s input into its work

• AMT’s Policy Position Statement on Rural Services {opens pdf}

• Rural Services case studies (Members only)

General

• Glossary of useful terms – Helpful explanations of common terms for those working with small and market towns

What next?

If you’re trying to write a strategy or plan for your town, or if you want to understand how to contribute to a local or regional plan, check here for help.  If you can’t find what you’re looking for, get in touch with AMT’s Policy Manager at: alison.eardley@towns.org.uk

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